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Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq end little changed as Wall Street's Fed rate cut conviction runs high

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Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq end little changed as Wall Street's Fed rate cut conviction runs high US stocks closed mixed on Thursday as Wall Street digested fresh jobs data, with traders increasingly baking in expectations that the Federal Reserve will deliver a December rate cut…
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  • US Treasury solicited feedback on Hassett and other Fed chair candidates in conversations with major Wall Street banks, asset management giants and big debt market players

    80% confidence
  • Bond investors told US Treasury they are concerned about Kevin Hassett's potential appointment as Fed chair, worrying he will cut rates aggressively to please Trump

    80% confidence
  • Traders pricing in 89% probability of Fed rate cut in December

    80% confidence
  • Sentiment toward food retailers seems to have soured a bit over the past few months, including for Kroger

    80% confidence
  • K-shaped economy may hold up despite having investors on edge

    80% confidence
  • Mark Zuckerberg planning to cut up to 30% of Meta's metaverse budget

    80% confidence
  • Some senior bond market participants would have preferred Rick Rieder or Christopher Waller as Fed chair candidates, seen as more independent from Trump than Hassett

    80% confidence
  • Traders pricing in 87% probability of 25 basis point rate cut on Thursday afternoon, down from 90% on Wednesday but up from 83.4% a week ago

    80% confidence
  • Netflix argued that bundling its offerings with HBO would help lower costs for consumers

    80% confidence
  • Five Below has seen really nice traffic growth and growth in both new customers as well as retention

    80% confidence
  • Trump called Jerome Powell a 'stubborn mule' for the central bank's decision to only modestly lower borrowing costs this year

    80% confidence
  • Growth driven by expansion of value concept; roughly 80% of assortment is $5 and below with focus on value at $7, $10, $15

    80% confidence
  • The consumer and competitive environment has grown notably tougher for food retailers

    80% confidence

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